tavis: you do pop and r&b all those years and you end up in a jazz. >> that is what i do. i was on line via the day and people talk about me like a dog. let me tell you. they say mary cannot sing or do this and i have found out what i know i can do. i am not like my favorite singer like to read the franklin -- lyn.ha franklh i was lucky meeting with this guy who wrote "stormy weather," he put together the stage play and i am part that and so now i songs.l of lena horne's it is what i do well. tavis: you can-you mentioned people say nasty things online. tthat is why i did not read it. i am going to read the piece, not the comments. it can mess you up. all opinions are not created equal. since you went there, it is one thing to navigate that now. how did you navigate that in the day when all the attention was on diana ross? >> the attention was on me. i thought it was. sure did. i loved all of us. it makes me feel bad when people try to divide is in that way. i thought we were all killed. i thought we were all the best -- i thought we were all q cute the best. i always said